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Computation is not defined by difficulty for a human. It is closer to being defined by the ability to follow a (possibly arbitrary) decision procedure. In this
by yzzxy 12y ago
Computation is not defined by difficulty for a human. It is closer to being defined by the ability to follow a (possibly arbitrary) decision procedure. In this violin method, a human is required to follow a decision procedure, unlike in a prism or the "Harmonic Analyzer" above.
- graycat 12y agoFine, but the Fourier part is really in the violin and not in the human. Listening for beats is very old stuff in signals, and no doubt circuits and/or software are sometimes used to detect them; if so, then we can do the stuff with the beats without humans.